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Nice move from Artest..it doesn't make up for the fact that he has a history of domestic abuse and animal cruelty, but at least he has some good inside of him..
http://www.tmz.com/2010/06/03/ron-ar...nals/#comments
With Game 1 of the NBA Finals starting in just a few hours -- TMZ has learned two Los Angeles Lakers fans will be sitting courtside at the Staples Center ... on Ron Artest's dime.
The two $9,000 tickets were given away this morning in a contest on Power 106 radio in L.A. -- but the winners had no idea that Ron paid for them out of his own pocket.
We called Ron to find out why he s ed out for the seats and he told us, "Most of my fans can't afford the ticket prices to come to any of the games, let alone the Finals. I wanted to treat a fan to something they would normally never have access to, so they could feel like one of the stars for the night."
Ron added, "I feel like just a regular person at the end of the day, and I wanted to be able to share my first Finals experience with one of my regular fans."
Ron Ron has been nothing short of great since coming to LA,he has been doing great stuff with community since arriving. Glad he is a Laker
Nice move from Artest..it doesn't make up for the fact that he has a history of domestic abuse and animal cruelty, but at least he has some good inside of him..
Nicely done. I like his reasons for doing it.
You are so
Makes you question Kobe's loyalty to Lakers fans. He's easily raking in 10x the amount of money makes yet he never does anything this generous to the same fans who chants MVP every night.
Seriously? You had to bring in Kobe into this thread? I don't know why you even bother posting if all you are consumed with is disdain for Kobe.
Nice gesture by Ron...hope he embraces the moment tonight.
too bad artest is a laker now....awww him
Not really. Kobe IS NOT a regular guy. And that's fine. We need the Kobes of the sports world too. (And Kobe does a lot of unpublicized charity stuff anyway, most of it more important than the giving away of Laker's tickets)
That said, awesome of Artest to do that.
so you rather have Kobe give $9k tickets to fans instead of giving $9k to charities?
$9,000 is all what Kobe gives to charities? Wow, thats damn low for a multi millionaire like him. Anyway, its just something I thought about, im not hating on Kobe, never have despite of the popular belief in this board. I just think he can do more for the very loyal fans of Los Angeles who screams MVP on the top of their lungs even on nights where's he less than stellar.
Peace Laker fans.
CR, never coming away empty handed.
9k a ticket is a waste of money, better spent at the local food bank. Surely you can get a decent seat for a few hundred????
Ron ron, the only person on the Lakers I actually like. so rich but still steps in dog just like us common folk.
At a finals game, no. At a finals game in LA, ing no.
I said this in a recent thread, but for all of Ron Artest's eccentricities and weirdness and for all the negative or bad things he's done in his life and on the court, there's something strangely likable about the guy.
Pretty cool move by Artest. My favorite though was the guy who won a radio contest by getting "I Slept with Shaq" tattooed on his forehead to win tickets to game 1 of the 2001 Finals (the only game LA lost that playoffs; man, he had to be pissed)
Maybe he should help his sister get "off" welfare first?
http://sportsbybrooks.com/ron-artest...re-fraud-27133
I agree. Great move by Artest.
Pretty cool move by Artest. My favorite though was the guy who won a radio contest by getting "I Slept with Shaq" tattooed on his forehead to win tickets to game 1 of the 2001 Finals (the only game LA lost that playoffs; man, he had to be pissed
Is that real??
Pretty badass move by Ron Artest. Props.
Nice ron ron
Yeah, and he still has it. He was probably one of the guys who gave Artest's tickets away, since he's on Power 106 now.
Is that real??
Just tickets? No peanuts?
good stuff ron ron.
how about yall making money to help out people then criticizing?
rofl telling others how to spend money.
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